Jazz & blue skies
     Clockwise from left: Nicole Hart, backed by the NRG band, performs on May 30, opening day of the 22nd annual Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival held at Marine Park. Kira Burke, of Red Bank, gets acquainted with a sugar glider at the Pocket Pets stand during the three-day music and food fest. Grammy-no...
More ...

Handbell concert at TowerHill
      RED BANK - The First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank will present The Calvin and Chapel Ringers in concert on June 8 at 7 p.m. The ringers consist of local eighthto twelfth-graders from Little Silver, Sea Bright, Tinton Falls, Middletown, Oceanport, Holmdel, Fair Haven and Rumson.
More ...

RFH film club presents annual film festival
      The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Film Club will host its second annual Film Festival June 5, an event designed to educate attendees on various aspects of the film industry and to showcase films created by students and faculty members.
More ...

A musician's riff on fine art photography
Composite photo nets first prize in alumni show
BY MARIE MABER Correspondent
      In the early spring, Hazlet resident Gary Dates got a sweet surprise. One of his photographs was awarded $250 in the Monmouth County Arts Council's 29th annual Juried Art Show at the Monmouth Museum, located on the Brookdale Community College campus.
More ...

How does her garden grow?
      An exhibit of photos by Jules Rambo, Fair Haven, is currently on view at Starbucks in Red Bank. "Images from the garden" will run through June 12 at the coffee shop, located at the corner of Broad and White streets. For more information, contact Rambo at julesrambo@verizon.net.
More ...

IN THE ARTS
      The Children's Entertainment Series at Eatontown Playhouse, Route 35 north, will present "Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood" through June 8 with performances Saturday and Sunday at noon. "Dancing at Lughnasa" will open June 13 at the Eatontown Playhouse and run through June 29 with performances at 8 p....
More ...

June arrives at the Art Alliance gallery
      The June exhibit at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County gallery in Red Bank will open Saturday with a reception from 6-8 p.m. The show will comprise work by both members and nonmembers of the Art Alliance. The juried exhibit will run through June 24.
More ...